Door and sill weather strip



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DOOR AND SILL WEATHER STRIP Filed Nov. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y T/f.l.

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DOOR AND SILL WEATHER STRIP Filed Nov. 29, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 Inventor Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNITED STATES HENRY J. 0. REED, OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR F TWO-THIRDS TO EDGAR F. REED, OF TULARE, CALIFORNIA DOOR AND SILL WEATHER STRIP Application filed November 25-), 1929. Serial No. 410,483.

The present invention relates to a weatherstrip for cooperation with the bottom of a door and door sill and has for its prime object to provide a strip which is movable so as to be jammed up against the bottom of the door from out of a receptacle in the door sill when the door is closed and to gravitate down into the receptacle to an out of the way position when the door is open.

Another very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a weatherstrip of this nature which is exceedin ly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and operation, and

otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

YVith the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through a door and door frame adjacent the sill thereof taken substantially on the line 11 of Figure 3,

Figure 2 is a similar section taken substantially on the line 22 of Figure 4 showing the door open,

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is another vertical section taken substantially on the line l-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 4,

a Figure 6 is a detail section taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 3,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the receptacle, and

Figure 8 is a perspective View of the Weatherstrip.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the numerals 5 and 6 denote sides of a door frame provided at their bottoms with recesses 7 and 8 respectively. The door sill comprises a receptacle 9 formed wlth shaulders 10 on its sides adjacent its upper enc.

This receptacle has an elongated slot 11 formed therein. The receptacle is embedded in an opening in the floor as is clearly illustrated particularly in Figures 5 and 6 of the drawings. An elongated weather strip 12 is provided with diagonal elongated notches 14 rising from the bottom edge thereof and re ceiving cross pins 15 in the receptacle.

. t will therefore be seen that the longitudinal movement of the strip 12 in one direction will cause the strip to rise because of the riding of the surfaces of the notches 14 on the pins 15. At one end of the strip 12 there is fixed an abutment plate 16 and the notches 14 lean upwardly toward this abutment plate.

The abutment plate 16 extends up into the recess 8. At the hinged end of the door there is a projection in the form of a screw or the like 17 which will extend into the recess 8 as the door is closed and engage the plate 16 to move the strip 12 to jam up under the bottom edge of the door as shown to advantage in Figures 3 and 6 but when the door is opened, the projection or screw 17 leaves the recess 8 and therefore the strips 12 will gravitate down into the receptacle to the position shown in Figures 4 and 5 so that the upper edge of the Weatherstrip is flush with the upper surface of the sill receptacle 9.

t is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features 9 Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new 1s:

In comblna-tlon, a door frame mcluding sides, the bottom of one of whloh 1s pro-vlded with a recess, a door sill receptacle having an elongated slot under the door when closed, a projection on the hinged edge of the door extending into the recess when closed, est-rip in the slot and having diagonal notches rising from the bottom edge thereof receiving pins across the receptacle, an abutment plate rising from one end of the strip into the recess to be engaged by the projection when the door is closed to move the strip longitudinally to cause it to raise up and jam under the bottom of the door when closed.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

HENRY J. O. REED. 

